Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary confirmed, coming Nov. 15
Microsoft has confirmed one of its worst kept secrets for 2011 -- the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary re-mastered release.
[Update] 343 Industries top-dog Frank O'Connor clarified the multiplayer aspect of Halo: CE Anniversary on SpikeTV, noting that the multiplayer component actually feeds into Halo: Reach--though a copy of Reach is not required to play. Other than the online co-op, Halo: CE Anniversary does not feature multiplayer.
[Original Story] Microsoft has confirmed one of its worst kept secrets for 2011 -- the original Halo title will receive a re-mastered release, entitled the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary later this year.
Microsoft has confirmed that Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will be a retail product and retail for $39.99 when it launches on November 15.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is set to launch on November 15, 2011. The game will feature the original game's campaign, re-mastered using the Halo Reach engine. Also, Halo: CE Anniversary includes online co-op play via Xbox Live.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will feature six remakes of "classic" Halo and Halo 2 multiplayer maps, including Damnation, which will be featured at E3 2011.
"Developed in collaboration with Certain Affinity, the new multiplayer maps are included on the 'Halo: Anniversary' game disc, which means players will not need to own the original 'Halo: Reach' game to play," Microsoft revealed in a fact sheet for the game.
Additionally, Microsoft notes that players will be able to "uncover never-before-revealed backstories told in motion-graphic form that foreshadow new mysteries in the story of "Halo 4."
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Microsoft has confirmed one of its worst kept secrets for 2011 -- the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary re-mastered release.-
WORST. KEPT. SECRET.
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I. THOUGHT. HE. LIVES. IN. AMERICA. NOW.
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so, as I read it, it says "I remember myself". But I am being told it just means "I remember" and is the motto of Quebec.
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OMELETTE DU FROMAGE
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OU. EST. LA. BIBLIOTHEQUE????
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QU'EST-CE. QU'ON. FOUS. ICI?
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OO LA LA! :P
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FOUTEZ-VOUS
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November 15. $39.99. Details on multiplayer added to the story.
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Hmmm, I miss Halo 1 but will I by it? Well it did have some awesome guns and maps.
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What does this mean? No remake of the Halo 1 campaign? >:(
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Uh..... that's what this is.
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Holy shit! This is fucking fantastic. More older games deserve this kind of treatment. I would be perfectly fine if this was the start of a new trend.
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I wished the article would mention this in some way.
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I'm hoping they keep it the same as Halo 1.
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That's exactly what it sounds like:
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/06/halo-combat-evolved-anniversary-multiplayer-maps-are-for-halo/
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Updated with the trailer.
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It really shows how far the game industry has come when they can sell a 10 year old game for $40.
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Looks to me like a winner. Looks like Halo 1 finally online on the xbox 360.
However, hopefully it will matchmake coop for the campaign. I don't want to count on my friends being available online. As Borderlands showed me, coop matchmaking with random people is fine.
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I wonder what they did with the library level...
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Hijackr} What generation of consoles and beyond do you feel no longer require remakes of their games? I support remakes the from NES, SNES, PS1, N64 and older eras, because the advanced technology of today often more fully realizes game worlds from those eras. I point to RE1 on GameCube as perhaps the greatest remake ever made. And reboots are an exception, as those are more intended to take a game in a new direction for a new audience.
But I can't say the majority of PS3 and 360 games--and even many games from the last generation of consoles--needing remakes due to exponentially more sophisticated technology coming along.-
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They should remake Mass Effect 1.
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Any word on client-side (or "couch") Co-Op? That was probably the best part of the original... but the trailer specifically ONLY mentions Xbox Live Co-op...
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Because it didn't have that back then, all Halos have couch co-op.
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When I first heard about about this I was SO excited. I thought that Halo 1 remade with today's graphics engines would be one of the sweetest things ever. And then I saw the trailer. -sad face- I might pick it up used in the 5 dollar bin at Gamestop. Way to treat the franchise that let you kick in the door to the console business Microsoft.
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Halo 1 was so much fucking fun. I remember staying up all hours of the night playing it with my brother on legendary.
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The only one that came close was ODST. I really had a great time with that game.
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Hahaha, I know! GO MAN! GOOOOOO!!! GO FASTER YOU FUCK!!
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SHIT NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR THE JUMP! FUUUUCCCK!!!!
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In the Army we set up 4 Xbox System Link with 2 in one room and 2 in the other so it was perfect 8v8 isolation. We had plans and tactics and played epic battles in Blood Gulch and Sidewinder.
Oh shit, Sidewinder is coming back!
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LOL
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Having taken the time to reflects, I get it.
Halo 1 is very different from the others. In fact, the series as a whole has seen a few major shifts. I've enjoyed every game except ODST, and each game has had its strengths.
I thought Halo:CE was the best of the Halo games up until Reach was released. So, you have every right to only care for CE.
I guess I was surprised at how adamant you were in how you expressed your opinion.
I'm excited about the remake. Halo:CE holds a special place in my memories. I don't know if an update will recapture that. I also hope that they are judicious in what they change. (I like the inclusion of assassinations, for example)
Locatersixteen, there are plenty of wonderful video games for us all to enjoy.
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Will there be a PC version? I loved my Halo:CE on the PC.
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And if it does, it'll be Games for Windows Live mandatory, or an ActiveX plugin game requiring a Live ID sign-in.
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I wonder if there will be a mode where you can play Halo CE-A with the Reach version of the Covenant. I think that would be sweet.
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That's what I'm guessing, because the video clearly showed MP matches on H1 maps.
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I was thinking months ago that they should redo Halo 1 and 2 in the Reach engine...but they should be Xbox live games and $20-30 each. (Yet again, what I'd expect to pay for a 360 game is less than they're actually charging. Maybe I need to get my head checked for inflation.)
$40 seems a bit too much, though.
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